Improvement in cotton-bale ties



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUEUs W. coBB, 0E HELENA, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,575, dated July 8,1873,' application led June 7, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUEUs W. COBB, of Helena, county of Shelby and Stateof Alabama, have invented certain Improvements in rlies forCotton-Baies. The following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying plate of drawings hereinafter referred to, forms a full andexact specification, wherein are set forth the natureand principles ofthe invention, by which the same may be distinguished from others of asimilar class, together with such parts thereof as are claimed as newand are desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States.

My invention relates to that class of ties which arev made use of forfastening the metallic bands employed in baling cotton, and foriotheranalogous uses; and the nature thereof consists in certain improvementsin the construction of the same, hereinafter shown and described,whereby the ends of the bale-bands are locked by devices which may bequickly adjusted and readily removed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention and forms apart of the specification thereof, corresponding parts be ing designatedby similar letters- Figure l is a view of the outer side of the hoop orband with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the innerside of the hoop or band, showing the position of the buckle and keeperwhen the ends of the hoop are locked together. Fig. 3 represents theedges of the hoop and illustrates the relative arrangement of myimprovements. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the metallic plate or keeper.Fig. 5 is a modification of the metallic plate.

Referring to the drawing, one of the ends A of the hoop or band isprovided with a series of elongated apertures, a., the distance betweenwhich is exactly equal, for the rec'eption of the tongue of the buckleB, which is of the ordinary form, consisting of a rim and a movabletongue or catch. The end c of the hoop is also provided with an apertureor apertures through which the tongue of the buckle passes. The ends ofthe hoop are passed through the rim of the buckle and pierced by thetongue thereof in such a manner that when the ends of the band are drawnfrom each other by the outward pressure of when the said ends are forcedtoward each other the buckle becomes loosened, and may be adjusted orattached at pleasure for the purpose of lengthening or shortening theband. rIhe keeper, or clamping-plate D, consists of a piece of metalprovided with an elongated rectangular aperture, d, through which passesthe ends of the hoop.

The said plate may be made to slide with facility and occupy any desiredposition upon the hoop.

The outward pressure ot' the bale against the rim of the plate causes itto assume au angular position, and clamp or press the outer to the innerend of the hoop.

The said plates may be made from waste ends of the hoop-metal, and thecheapness ot' their manufacture thereby greatly enhanced.

By the construction and arrangement herein described of the variousparts of the tie, it is obvious that the draft upon the connected endswill be direct, and that the said ends will not become bent or indented,but will at all times preserve a position parallel with each other.

The plate illustrated in Fig. 5 is provided with a slot or opening, m,by means of which it may be slipped with facility over the edges of thehoop, it' it should be deemed desirable so to adjust it.

The apertures a are cut by proper machinery in such a manner that thedistance between them is exactly the same in all of the bands used uponthe bale, thereby enabling the operator to adjust the said bands withgreat accuracy and in such a manner that they shall be exactly of thesame capacity and the pressure upon the hoops equally distributed.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A cottonbale tie,consisting of the buckle and the slotted plate or keeper, combined withthe hoop, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this7th day of June, 1873.

` R. W. COBB.

Witnesses:

CHAs. H. IsEAM, H. A. DANIELs.

